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Poet and Civil Rights activist Maya Angelou remembers Nelson Mandela had an extraordinary ability to forgive... Your browser does not support frames. <a href="http://globalnews.ca/video/1017188/poet-maya-angelou-remembers-mandela" _mce_href="http://globalnews.ca/video/1017188/poet-maya-angelou-remembers-mandela">Click...
Lire la suiteThe presentation below aims at helping you to prune the notion of 'Spaces & Exchanges' It was created by an onlist colleague -whom I thank : M. COURVOISIER :o)
Lire la suiteTouring for 24h in New York Here are some pictures so that you may keep on visiting the Big Apple and travelling online :o) I picked up the video below on a travel website which displays many others on several cities all around the world : This video...
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The "U.S. Corporate flag" by Adbusters : ^^ Click to view the full size picture As you can see, some logos are different from the ones you got on the worksheet you got last Monday : can you spot them ?
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This infographic aims at showing higher education is no longer for the elite only : the Internet helps to educate oneself. It points out that knowledge (thus... power) has shifted from the institution's hands to the students' : The infographic was created...
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The U.S. map below shows the present statute of capital punishment in the U.S.A. ... Illinois is now the 16th state to abandon capital punishment. On January 6, the Illinois House approved a bill to repeal the death penalty by a vote of 60 - 54 and yesterday...
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... to make their message compelling TEACHERS' LOUNGE [ + possibly B2 & above ] Ben Zimmer wrote an article relating how Egyptian protesters played with language to make their case for their President's resignation : <<< read the article "How the war...
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Midterm elections <<< Understand & learn with a few illustrations ! Here ⇓ you can see the reactions of these regions inhabitants to a few questions on the election issues : - The consequences of a reorganization of the White House staff on Obama's policy....
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... also Spaces & Exchanges Reporters Without Borders Press Freedom : rankings map (2008) Every year, RWB establishes a ranking of countries as for their freedom of the press. The Worldwide press freedom index list is based on surveys sent to journalists...
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